Military campaigns (4 Subjects)
The disposition of the Russian and Ottoman troops in the battle of Stănileşt during the Pruth campaign (1711). Ottoman officials conferring in their tent.
The disposition of the Russian army in the battle of Stănileşt during the Pruth campaign (1711). Portrait of the commanders of the troops, Peter I the Great of Russia and Vizier Baltacı Mehmet Pasha. Roman coins discovered in the area,
Scene from Ottoman campaign.
A scene from Marcian's military campaign. The eagle is a symbol of the emperor's coronation (Marcian was the first Byzantine emperor to be crowned by the Patriarch) and of the Orthodox believers's victory over Monophysitism (Council of Chalcedon).